Receipt control file



Feb. 4, 1936. H. w. CLARK 2,029,754

RECEIPT CONTROL FILE Filed Feb. 13, 19:55

IIAlill/[111111111111111 Patented Feb. 4, 1936 v `'j I' u I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,029,754 nEcEiPT CONTROL FILE Harold W. Clark, Alliance, Ohio, assignor to The McCaskey Register Company, Alliance, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application February 13, 1935, Serial No. 6,344

7 Claims. (Cl. 211-51) The invention relates to control files for re- Fig. 4 a fragmentaryl section showing one of ceipts of various kinds and more particularly to the guide posts for the sliding locking plate, taken 1 a le having a plurality of trays for holding reas on the line 4 4, Fig. 3; ceipts and so arranged that trays may all be Fig. 5 a fragmentary sectional elevation of a 5 simultaneously locked against removal from the portion of the base of the file, showing the lock 5 file, the receipts in each tray being at the same operated eccentric for sliding the locking plate;

time locked against withdrawal from the tray. and

The object of the improvement is to provide a Fig. 6a detached perspective view of one of the control file for holding receipts havingperforated follow blocks detached from a tray. 10 or weakened lines whereby one portion may be Similar numerals refer to similar parts 10 detached `from the other, such for instance as the throughout the drawing.

sales tax receipts used in the State of Ohio and l -The file may be formed of any suitable maother States where a sales tax is in force. Such terial and in the accompanying drawing it is sales tax receipts are formed of paper orthe shown as formed of sheet metal, the base porlike having a perforatedV or weakened line tion thereof being formed of a sheet of metal of 15 through an intermediate portion dividing the Suitablegalige Sha-Ped t0' fOrIn the bOttOIn Wall l0, `sameV into a vendors receipt and a consumers. front wall II and comparatively short top wall receipt. When a sale is madefthe consumers I2 which may be DI'Ovded at SDaCed intervals receiptlis detached from a stamp orpslip of the With the rearwardly diSpOSed lugs I3 OI Spacing proper denomination and given to the purchaser, thetrays. 3S Will be later deSCribed- A relntiVelY 20 the vendors receipt being retained by the mernarrow end wall I4 may be connected to each end chant. Y l of the top and bottom walls as by the angular The present invention contemplates the proviflanges l5 Which may be SpOt Welded 01 Otherwise sion of a iile including a base and .a plurality of connected to the top and bottom walls of the iile.

' trays carried thereon, for holding receipts of Avertcally disposed sliding locking plate I 6 is 25 various denominations, each traybeing so con- InOllnted beneath the tOD Wall i2 0f the base 0f structed that the slips or stamps may be clamped the le and provided With horizontal 510125 I7, by therein in such manner that only the consumers means of which the plate is slidably mounted upon receipts are exposed, whereby when `a 52,1915 the reduced inner ends I8 of the studs I9 xed at madei the consumers receipt may be detached their Outer ends t0 the frOnt Wall Il in any Suit- 30 and given to the consumer, leaving the vendors able and well known manner, such as by rivetreceipt clamped witl'iinthetray.V ing the reduced outer ends 20 of. the studs, as

The invention further contemplates -means for Shown in Fig. 4. simultaneously making al1 of the trays to the The reduced inner end I8 of each stud may base of the file in such manner that no traymay have a head 2l formed thereon and the Sliding` 35 be removed or the vendors receipts may not be looking plate I6 may be retained in position removed from any of the trays while in locked thereon as by the washer 22 held in place by the condition. Y slotted washer 23 received upon the further re- The above objects, together with others which duced portion 24, aS best ShOWrl in Fig. 4. For

4,0 win be apparent from the drawing and following the purpose of strengthening theloekine plate I6. 40 description or which may be `later pointed out, the upper and 10We1` edge DOrtiOnS thereOf may may be attained by constructing the improved have the outturned angular flanges 25 formed control le in the manner illustrated in the thereon. accompanying drawing, in which Y The base portion of the file may be provided Figure 1 is a perspective View of a control file with a lock, preferably of the cylinder type, as 45 constructed in accordance with the invention, indicated at 26, which may be located through showing tax stamps or receipts of dierent dethe front wall II, preferably centrally positioned nominations carried in the trays; thereon as shown in Fig. 1. This lock may be Fig. 2 an enlarged transverse sectional View operated byv a suitable key arranged to be inthrough the improved control file, one tray being `serted into thekeyhole V2'I of the same for ro- 50 shown in longitudinal section therein with the tating the cylinder one-half-of arevolution to receipts locked in the tray and the tray locked lock or unlock the same. An eccentric stud 28 is in the base of the file; formed upon the inner end of the lock cylinder Fig. 3 afragmentary longitudinal section taken 26 and is located through `a vertical slot V2li in as on the line 3--3, Fig. 2; y y the sliding looking plate I6 so that as the lock 55 cylinder is rotating a half turn, the locking plate is slidably moved longitudinally, being supported and guided upon the reduced inner ends of the studs IS. A plurality of horizontally disposed keyhole slots 30 corresponding in number and location to the trays to be mounted on the base, are formed in the sliding locking plate I6 for a purpose'to be hereinafter set forth.

The file may be constructed to hold any desired number of trays, a six tray le being illustrated in the accompanying drawing. These trays may be made of sheet metal, each tray comprising a front wall 3|, side walls 32 and back wall 33 which may be formed of a single sheet of metal, and a bottom wall 34 which is positionedq above the lower edges of the front, side and back walls and may be provided at its side edges with' downturned flanges 35 which may be spot welded or otherwise attached to the side walls 32.

The slips or the like to be held in the tray may be formed of paper, and are preferably of oblong shape, each slip being divided intermediate its upper and lower ends as at 36 by a perforated or weakened line dividing the same into a consumers receipt 3l and vendors receipt 38. The tray is so constructed that when the slips are placed therein in vertical position as shown in the drawing, the vendors receipt portions of the same are clamped in the tray, leaving only the consumers receipt portions exposed.

A follow block is provided for each tray adapted to engage the rear side of the slips or receipts located therein, this follow block being preferably of the form shown in the drawing, being formed of a plate or heavy sheet of metal comprising the vertical portio-n 39 and the horiaom tally disposed flange 4i] formed at the lower end thereof adapted to rest upon the bottom Wall 34 of the tray and having a depending headed stud 4| arranged to Vbe received through any one of, the apertures 42 located in spaced alinemen't through the longitudinal central portion of the bottom wall 34 of the tray.

A clamping plate 43 is located in each tray adapted to be clamped against the front side of the slips as best shown in Fig. -2,'thls clamping plate having a screw 44 -fixed thereto and provided with a thumb nut 45 located through an aperture 46 in the front wall of the tray, a peripheral flange 41 upon said nut bearing against the inner side of said front wall.

V'Ihe thumb nut 45 is adapted to be received through the large portion of the corresponding keyhole slot 3l) in the locking plate and is provided with a peripherally grooved portion "48 adapted to be received in the reduced portion of the keyhole slot when the lock is operated to slide the locking plate I6 to locked position as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. In this position it will be seen that the tray cannot be removed. For the purpose of holding the rear end of the tray locked to the base, depending forwardly extending angular lugs 49 v'may be formed upon the bottom wall `34 of each tray, adapted to be received beneath the vrearwardly disposed flange on the bottom wall Il) of the base.

In operating the improved file, the slips are placed with the vendors receipt down into the front part of the tray, the follow block being placed behind the slips with the headed stud 4I located through the nearest aperture 42. '-lihe follow block is then held down againsttlie bot tom of the tray and the thumb nut 45 turned upon the iscrew 44 to tighten the clarrpiirg 'plate 43 against the slips, forcing the same backward against the follow block 39, the headed stud'4l being forced backward in the aperture 42 as shown in Fig. 2. The slips are thus clamped tightly in the tray, the vendors receipts being clamped between the follow block and clamping plate while the consumers receipts are exposed above the tray so thatV each may be severed at the weakened line 3S. The tray is then placed upon the base, the lugs 49 thereof being slid under the tongue 50 in the base and the thumb nut inserted through the large portion of the corresponding keyhole slot 3 in the sliding locking plate.

The slips are placed in the several trays according to denominations, each packet of slips being clamped in the tray as above described and all of the trays placed in the base in the manner described. The lock 26 is then given a one-half rotation, turning the same to locked position, by means of the proper key inserted in the keyhole 2T and as the cylinder of the lock is thus rotated one-half a revolution, the sliding locking plate is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, the reduced groove portions 48 of the thumb nuts being received in the reduced portions of the keyhole slots 3l).

The trays are thus all simultaneously locked in the base and the slips are held in locked position in the trays and cannot be removed from the trays while in this position as the thumb nuts 45 are located within a closed housing formed by the bottom, front and top walls I 0, Il and l2 respectively of the base and the sliding locking plate I6. As each sale is made, a consumers receipt of proper denomination is severed at the weakened line 36 and given to the purchaser, the vendors receipts remaining locked in the le.

Although the improved receipt control file is described and illustrated more specically for use in connection with sales tax receipts, it should be understood that the particular use to which the receipts are p-ut is rimmaterial as the le is adapted for containing any type of divided form where one part of the form is to be retained and the other given to a purchaser, consumer or other party. For instance, the le may be used in restaurants where Yfood is checked out from the kitchen to the waiters, one portion of a receipt provided for that purpose Vbeing retained in the le `and the other portion torn off and given to the waiter or other party.

I claim:

1. AA control file including a base, a tray sup'- ported upon said base, means for clamping receipts and the like in said tray, and a locking plate upon the base cooperating with the clamping means for locking the tray against removal from the base and at the same time preventing operation of the clamping means.

2. A control file including a base, a tray supported upon said base, a clamping plate for clamping receipts and the like in said tray, clamping means for operating the clamping plate and a locking plate upon the base cooperating with the clamping means for locking the tray against removal from the base and at the same time preventing operation of the clamping plate.

3. A control le including a base, a sliding locking plate upon said base having a keyhole slot therein, a tray supported upon said base, means for clamping receipts and the like in Asaid tray, screw means for operating said clamping means and adapted to be received in said vkeyhole slot,

said screw means having a reduced portion adapted to be received in the reduced portion of the keyhole slot when the locking plate is moved to locked position.

4. A control iile including a base, a sliding locking plate upon the base having a plurality of keyhole slots therein, a plurality of trays supported upon the base, means for clamping receipts and the like in each tray, screw means for operating each clamping means and adapted to be received in said keyhole slots and means for moving said locking plate to locked position.

5. A control le including a base, a sliding locking plate upon the base having a plurality of keyhole slots therein, a plurality of trays supported upon the base, means for clamping receipts and the like in each tray, screw means for operating each clamping means and adapted to be received in said keyhole lslots and a lock in said base for moving said locking plate to locked position.

6. A control le including a base, a sliding locking plate upon said base having a keyhole slot therein, a tray supported upon said' base, means for clamping receipts and the like in said tray, screw means for operating said clamping means and adapted to be received in said keyhole slot, said screw means having a reduced portion adapted to be received in the reduced portion of the keyhole slot when the locking plate is moved to locked position, a rearwardly disposed ange on the base spaced from the locking plate and forwardly disposed lugs on the under side of the tray for engagement with said ange.

7. A control le including a base having a bottom wall, a front wall, a top Wall relatively narrow as compared with the bottom wall, end walls of substantially the width of the top wall and a sliding locking plate forming with said walls a closed housing at the front of said base, a lock in the front Wall operatively connected to the locking plate for sliding the same, there being keyhole slots in said locking plate, trays supported upon said bottom wall in rear of the locking plate, means in4 each tray for clamping receipts and the like therein and screw means for operating each clamping means and-adapted to be located through said keyhole slots and into said housing.

HAROLD W. CLARK. 

